Kettering University grad and 'hedge fund hunger games' participant featured in Bloomberg Businessweek

FLINT, MI -- A Kettering University alum was among the participants featured in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article on a Battle Fin, a company that provides contests in which participants assemble hedge funds and pit them against each other.

Kettering University

Stephen Longo, 54, graduated from Kettering in 1981, according to Kettering.

Bloomberg Businessweek describes Longo -- in the article titled "The Hedge Fund Hunger Games" -- as "a Fu Manchu–mustache-sporting Long Islander, had spent 20 years as an engineer at General Motors (GM). He had been racking up impressive gains on a theoretical trading platform for years, making millions, but only on paper; winning the tournament would give him a chance to prove his investing chops without a safety net."

In the contest, the participant, "who made the most while risking the least would win the right to manage seven figures of capital," according to the article.

According to the article, Longo won an early round of the competition, giving him $1 million in capital to invest.